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pubescens (Koch), Frogmore Gravel-pit, Aston, 25.vii.1986, swept; Rhynchites 

 longiceps Thorns., Broxbourne Wood, 21. vi. 1992, in flight; Byctiscus populi (L.), 

 Broxbourne Wood, 21. vi. 1992, on young aspen; *Apion rubiginosum Grill, Croxley 

 Moor, 19.vii.1992, on sheep's sorrel; *A. immune Kirby, Croxley Moor, 19.vii.1992, 

 on broom; A. gyllenhali Kirby, Fox Covert, Therfield, 14.vii.1992, on burdock near 

 chalk grassland; Hypera adspersa (F.), Frogmore Gravel-pit, Aston, lO.v.1989, swept; 

 *Trachodes hispidus (L.), Danemead, Broxbourne Woods, 4.viii.l991, on bushes; 

 Microplontus campestris (Gyll.), Frogmore Gravel-pit, Aston, 29. v. 1987, swept; 

 Platypus cylindrus (F.), Cowheath Wood, 21. vi. 1992, on oak log. 



Menzies, I. S. — Six species of British Coleoptera. Clitostethus arcuatus (Rossi), 

 Bookham Common, Surrey, TQ1255, 29.ii. 1992, one example by beating holly beneath 

 oak; 14.viii.1992, one beaten from ivy growing on oak trunk; (single examples also 

 taken by Dr R. G. Booth on 7. hi. 1992 and 6.iii.l993); Hylotrupes bajulus (L.), 

 Ockham Common, Surrey, TQ0858, 3.vii.l993, adult ovipositing on stump of recently 

 felled Scots pine, Pinus sylvestris L., a colour print of the beetle was also shown; 

 Stenostola dubia (Laich.), Burton Mill-pond, W. Sussex, SU9717, 22.V.1992, adult 

 beaten from an alder; Macroplea appendiculata (Panz.), Talkin Tarn, Cumberland, 

 NY5458, 6.vi.l992, adults on alternate-flowered water milfoil, Myriophyllum 

 alterniflorum DC, colour prints of the beetle were also shown; Altica brevicollis 

 Foud., Stockbridge Down, North Hampshire, SU3834, 18. vi. 1993, beaten from hazel; 

 the parasitic fly Medina luctuosa (Meig), which was bred from about one-third of 

 the stock of Altica kept alive for ovipositing, was also exhibited, fully grown larvae 

 emerged from the dorsal abdominal surface of the adult beetle and the flies emerged 

 within ten days of pupation; Platystomos albinus (L.), Wisley Common, Surrey, 

 TQ0659, 1 .viii. 1993, one example beaten from a sapling birch. 



Morris, M. G. — Specimens of Apion (Helianthemapiori) aciculare (Germ.) 

 discovered by A. P. Fowles in 1992 on the coast of North Wales, (Fowles and Morris, 

 in press, Entomologist's Mon. Mag.). It is a flightless species which breeds in the 

 stems of common rockrose {Helianthemum nummularium (L.) Miller) and has not 

 previously been recorded from the British Isles. 



Owen, J. A. — Some uncommon British beetles. Agonum lugens (Duft.), Loch 

 Gash, Co. Clare, v. 1993, in vegetation at the edge of turlough; Colon angulare Er., 

 Braemar, South Aberdeen, vi.1993, swept off grass in a garden; Thanatophilus dispar 

 (Herbst) and Aclypea opaca (L.), Dromore NNR, Co. Clare, v. 1993, under stone; 

 Stenus glabellus Thorn. Scragh Bog, Co. Westmeath, v. 1993, in wet moss; 5. 

 kiesenwetteri Rosen. , Caragh Lough, Co. Kerry, v. 1993, in sphagnum at edge of lough; 

 Ochthephilum fracticorne (Payk.) and O. jacquelini (Boield.), Thornham, West 

 Norfolk, iv.82, in tidal debris; Philonthus furcifer Renk. and P. micans (Grav.), 

 Portumna, Co. Galway, v. 1993, in heap of recently cut long grass on the bank of 

 the R. Shannon; Gabronthus thermarum (Aube), Epsom Downs, Surrey, viii. 1993, 

 from heap of cut grass; Atheta (Acrotona) benicki Allen, Berrow, North Somerset, 

 iv.1993, from vegetation flooded by high tide; Gyrophaena williamsi Strand, A., 

 Wisley, Surrey, ix.1993, in agaric fungus on the ground, ? Russula sp., Selatosomus 

 melancholicus (F.), Belmullet, Co. North Mayo, v. 1993, sandy area on coastal turf; 

 Atomaria rubricollis Bris., near Tatsfield, Surrey, xii.1991, shaken out of cut foliage 

 on chalky slope, another example was taken at the same site in i.1993; Psylliodes 

 luteola (Miiller, O. F.), near Wimborne, Dorset, viii. 1993, several swept from the 

 edge of a cornfield; Crypturgus subcribrosus Eggers, Hog Wood, West Sussex, xi.1992, 

 from bark of fallen spruce tree. 



Parsons, M. S. — 13 species of Coleoptera taken in southern Britain during 1993. 

 Badister unipustulatus Bon., Magor Marsh, Glam., 3.U.1993; Hydrochus angustatus 



